Assessment of Psychosocial Functioning of Mothers of Children with Diabetes Mellitus Compared to Mothers of Healthy Children

Table 1

(a) The age Factor of Mothers

The age Factor	N	Min	Max	Median	Mean	SD
The mothers of diabetic children	60	29	60	40	40.73	7.24
The mothers with healthy children	60	27	56	41	41.63	6.65

(b) The Place of Residence

Place of residence	Participants
	The mothers of diabetic children		The mothers with healthy children
	N	%	N	%
Village	8	13.3	14	23.3
City up to 25 thousand inhabitants	6	10.0	8	13.3
City 25-100 thousand inhabitants	12	20.0	29	48.3
City over 100 thousand inhabitants	34	56.7	9	15.0
Total	60	100.0	60	100.0

Chi Sq. P < 0.001

(c) Education of Mothers

Education	Participants
	The mothers of diabetic children		The mothers with healthy children
	N	%	N	%
Primary education	0	0.0	1	1.7
Vocational education	3	5.0	5	8.3
Secondary education	22	36.7	12	20.0
Higher education	34	56.7	42	70.0
Other	1	1.7	0	0.0
Total	60	100.0	60	100.0

Chi Sq. P < 0.2

(d) The Marital status of Mothers

Marital status	Participants
	The mothers of diabetic children		The mothers with healthy children
	N	%	N	%
Unmarried	0	0.0	2	3.3
Married	50	83.3	54	90.0
Widow	2	3.3	0	0.0
Divorced	6	10.0	4	6.7
Free relationship	2	3.3	0	0.0
Total	60	100.0	60	100.0

Chi Sq. P < 0.2

(e) The source of income of Mothers

The source of income	Participants
	The mothers of diabetic children		The mothers of healthy children
	N	%	N	%
Economic activity	11	18.3	5	8.3
Professional work	36	60.0	52	86.7
Pension	5	8.3	0	0.0
Old-age pension	3	5.0	0	0.0
Unemployed	5	8.3	3	5.0
Total	60	100.0	60	100.0

Chi Sq. P < 0.02

(f) The Gender of Children

Gender of Children	Participants
	diabetic children		healthy children
	N	%	N	%
Female	65	65.0	49	49.0
Male	35	35.0	51	51.0
Total	100	100.0	100	100.0

Chi Sq. P < 0.05

(g) The Status of Educating Schools

Status of Educating Schools	Children
	Diabetic	Healthy
	%	%
Nursery	0.0	0.0
Preschool	3.3	12.0
Primary school	56.7	43.4
Middle school	40.0	44.6
Total	100.0	100.0

Chi Sq. P < 0.05

(h) Hardship in finding nursery/preschool/school for child

Hardship in finding nursery/preschool/school for child	Participants
	The mothers of diabetic children		The mothers with healthy children
	N	%	N	%
Yes	6	10.0	7	11.9
No	54	90.0	52	88.1
Total	60	100.0	59	100.0

Chi Sq. P < 1.0